Species concept and morphological differentiation of strains traditionally assigned to Micrasterias truncata

Phycological Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-220

  Nemjová, Katarína ^a   Neustupa, Jiří ^a   Št'astný, Jan ^a   Škaloud, Pavel ^a   Veselá, Jana ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cryptic diversity; Desmidiales; Geometric morphometrics; Micrasterias truncata; Small subunit rDNA; Species concept

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DATA SET; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GEOMETRY; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES CONCEPT; SYMPATRY;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

DESMIDIALES; MICRASTERIAS; MICRASTERIAS DECEMDENTATA; MICRASTERIAS TRUNCATA;

EID: 79959792967     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2011.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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